I want the rodding to be entirely removed from any sort of combat. The fishing rod has no place with an entity in the game. For a short time, either Mojang or MC Gamer actually removed the function, but I don't remember which it was. I realize that this is a game, but it also emulates real life in a sense. If you were to snag someone with a fishing hook, you would probably just stick into their skin much like how you would see on a sitcom. It would not knock you back. It is already an annoying thing to deal with. I never used the technique, because I find it cheap quite frankly. It seems to be on par with block hitting.